Scrooge's Shadow: The Ghost of Deprivation and Health

Yu Liu ( s2327323 )
2023/12/06

Catalogue

  • Data
    • Dataset & Challenge
    • Variables selected
  • Program
    • Patterns found in 2 Figures
  • Communicate
    • Key Concepts
    • Inspiration & Adaption
    • Prototype
    • Storytelling
    • What's Left

Dataset & Challenge

NHS Medical Data

  • Data Exploration Completed
  • Coarse Granularity, not suitable for drawing conclusions
  • Serve as a starting point to present certain phenomena and call for possible action

Challenge

The challenge is to interpret NHS palliative care data, highlighting how health and deprivation disparities affect end-of-life care. Despite data limitations, this project aims to raise awareness through data comics, questioning how deprivation impacts health choices and locations of passing, especially in palliative scenarios.

Variables selected

  • Disease Types: Cancer, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Dementia
  • Deprivation Levels: 1 to 5 (Higher number indicates greater poverty)
    Converted to Wealth Grade for better intuitive understanding
  • Death Locations: Care Home, Hospice, Hospital, Home

Given the constraints of the dataset, we are unable to draw definitive conclusions; instead, we present intriguing patterns for readers to contemplate.

Patterns 1: Deprivation Levels X Disease Types

Patterns 2: Deprivation Levels X Death Locations

Key Concepts

Rationale

Raise awareness about health and deprivation disparities.

  • Who cares: People from all walks of life.
  • Why care: The wealth gap profoundly affects daily life, and death is inevitable for all.
  • What to do: Distribute data comics at a Christmas market.

Take home message

  • Could deprivation significantly affect certain aspects of your health?
  • Might deprivation limit your medical choices and potentially influence where you might pass away?

Inspiration & Adaption

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· Inspiration: Pocket-sized booklet inspired by info+.
· Communication: Capitalizing on the Christmas season.

· Adaptation: British Christmas Carol with Ebenezer Scrooge.
· Theme: Emphasizing wealth and poverty gaps.
· Protagonist: Ebenezer Scrooge from the Christmas Carol.
· Supporting Characters: Ghosts representing four types of diseases.

Prototype

  • Medium: A pocket-sized booklet, crafted by folding an A4 sheet into eight sections, featuring data comics. demo

Storytelling

  • Plot: TODO
  • Narrative: TODO
  • Structure: 16 pages in total, printed on both sides of 8 sections, comprising: 2 cover pages + 2 for introduction and engagement + 4 for story development + 2 for the climax + 2 for conclusion + 2 for a call to action + 2 for advertisements(the horizontal long banner)

What's Left

This project blends a Christmas story with data storytelling to highlight health disparities, focusing on engaging content creation and strategic distribution. Our upcoming steps involve:

  • Refining the Storytelling: Ensuring that data is the central component of the comic, making it both informative and engaging.
  • Testing Data Literacy: Presenting a prototype to a varied audience to gather feedback and insights.
  • Improving Design: Selecting a color palette and font style that are more aligned with the theme while ensuring accessibility.
  • Production and Distribution: Finish drawing and plan for the handing-out event.

Thank You

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